Re(2): Font Selection Methodology
I find this statement rather perplexing. Doesn't "sans serif" mean, both
etymologically and conventionally, "without serif"? Zapf himself apparently
called it a "serifless roman type," and you agree, stating that it has no
serifs; doesn't that make it sans serif by definition? Are you suggesting
that there exists a category _between_ serif and sans serif typefaces?
It seems to be. In fact, the reason there's serif and sans serif is because 'sans serif' is a shortened form for 'sans-serif and equal-thickness strokes'. I's jus' plain ole sloppiness an' lack o' time.
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